The Diocese of Portsmouth was founded in 1882, taking areas that were formerly part of the Diocese of Southwark. It encompasses the counties of Hampshire, Berkshire (south of the Thames), Oxfordshire (south of the Thames), Dorset (the Bournemouth area), the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands. The cathedral is in Portsmouth and is dedicated to St John the Evangelist. 116 churches were visited for Taking Stock (2007).
Of some architectural and historic interest, being converted from a nineteenth century barn and farm buildings,... Read More
An ambitious town church in Italo-Byzantine style by W.C. Mangan, the design and layout clearly showing the influence... Read More
Holy Rood has been described as ‘a landmark in English Catholic ecclesiology’. Built soon after, and evidently... Read More
A small brick 1950s church of some period charm.The church was opened in 1958. It was built to the designs of Lewis... Read More
A 1960s building of some character with some notable furnishings and a sympathetic contemporary extension.Mass was... Read More
A striking red brick building in an Italianate style, the church, hall and presbytery having good group value. The... Read More
A utilitarian post-war design, built as a hall.Mass was said in Portchester from 1935 but a permanent building was... Read More
A late nineteenth-century brick church with Perpendicular Gothic detailing, externally plain, but with an attractive... Read More
A prefabricated church of the 1950s, much altered and extended.In 1937 Mrs Beach and Mrs Light of 15 Bransbury Road... Read More
An interesting late Gothic Revival church, drawing upon regional traditions in its design and materials. The architect... Read More
An ambitious design in A. J. C. Scoles’ favoured late-thirteenth century style, built in one phase, with an... Read More
A.J.C. Scoles’ first church in the Diocese of Portsmouth, in his favoured late-thirteenth century style. Although it... Read More
